The rx status length should also be taken into account while validating the length of a received frame. Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanth@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c index 95f1622..fc15b4b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c @@ -827,6 +827,7 @@ static bool ath9k_rx_accept(struct ath_common *common, { struct ath_hw *ah = common->ah; __le16 fc; + u8 rx_status_len = ah->caps.rx_status_len; fc = hdr->frame_control; @@ -837,7 +838,7 @@ static bool ath9k_rx_accept(struct ath_common *common, * we can take a hint that hardware corrupted it, so ignore * those frames. */ - if (rx_stats->rs_datalen > common->rx_bufsize) + if (rx_stats->rs_datalen > (common->rx_bufsize - rx_status_len)) return false; /* -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html